Missing-411 is the first comprehensive research about people who have disappeared in the wilds of North America. It’s understood that people routinely get lost and some want to disappear, but this story is about the unusual. Nobody has ever studied the archives for similarities, traits and geographical clusters of missing people, until now.

A tip from a national park ranger led to this 4+ years and a 9000 hour investigative effort into understanding the stories behind people who have vanished. The book chronicles children, adults and the elderly who disappeared, sometimes in the presence of friends and relatives. As Search and Rescue personnel exhaust leads and places to search, relatives start to believe kidnappings and abductions have occurred. The belief by the relatives is not an isolated occurrence; it replicates itself time after time, case after case across North America.

The research depicts 28 clusters of missing people across the continent, something that has never been exposed and was a shocking find to researchers. Topography does play a part into the age of the victims and certain clusters have specific age and sex consistency that is baffling. This is not a phenomenon that has been occurring in just the last few decades, clusters of missing people have been identified as far back as the 1800’s.

The manuscript for the research was extremely large so the story was split between two books, Missing 411 Western United States and Canada and Missing 411 Eastern United States. The Eastern version will be released in late March and will include a list of all missing people in each edition and a concluding chapter that draws both books together for conclusions.

Some of the issues that are discussed in each edition:

• The National Park Service attitude toward missing people

• How specific factors in certain cases replicate themselves in different clusters

• Exposing cases involving missing children that aren’t on any national database

• Unusual behavior by bloodhounds/canines involved in the search process

• How storms, berries, swamps, briar patches, boulder fields and victim disabilities play a role in the disappearance

• The strategies of Search and Rescue personnel need to change under specific circumstances

After reading this book, you will forever walk in the woods with a different awareness.

Reviews:

"Major news organizations do a deplorable job of covering

stories and issues which are deemed too unusual

or too far outside the box. Chances are, they will find a way

to trivialize or ignore the disturbing evidence accumulated

by David Paulides, a former lawman turned investigative

journalist. The paper trail uncovered by Paulides through

sheer doggedness is impressive, the evidence indisputable.

People are vanishing without a trace from our national

parks and forests, yet government agencies are saying nothing.

At a minimum, this story deserves space on the front

page of every newspaper in the country, and it warrants a

formal high level inquiry by the federal agencies whose files

leave little doubt that something very strange is unfolding

in our wilderness."

George Knapp, Host, Coast to Coast AM

Dave,
Your new book is an amazing work of research. Research is an art form and what you have created is a work of clarity and beauty. There is a simplicity to it that shines and is impossible to ignore.
Reading it was a very emotional ride. There is the feeling of betrayal from the national park service. For years people have been disappearing and dying in our park system and park authorities remain silent and dismissive acting as if each case is a singular occurrence. As I continued to read case after case of the suddenly missing persons, especially the children the heartbreak of the family and loved ones grew within me. I can not imagine what it is like to be holding the uncertainty of a family member who never returns home and wondering about the elusive unknown that is out there lurking in our parks and forests.

Kathy Srabian, Host, KHSU Radio

I am almost to the middle of this book. It is THE most disturbing true book I have ever read. Having said that, it is also the most necessary book for everyone to read. I will never look at some of these parks the same and if I were to go to any one of them, I would pack a large caliber weapon whether it’s permitted or not.

While all the deaths are tragic, the children are especially heartbreaking. And to think that the National Park Service and the FBI are almost assuredly complicit in these deaths with their continued cover up. Very sobering. I hope many, many people will come across this book and read it.

CB, Indiana

GREAT BOOK… However a disclaimer should be on the front cover “once you start to read it, cannot be put down.”

Thanks for the hard work compiling this.. I’m a retired Law enforcement Officer (35yrs) and I understand these cover-ups.. Sad but true!

**The "Missing 411 Extra" and the "National Park Service" page on this site includes photos, letters and maps that were cost prohibitive to include in the manuscripts of either book. The password to enter this area is the last two words of the last sentence on page 242 of the western United States version.